After the holiday season and an uptick in travel, California faces a rise in respiratory illnesses, prompting health experts to talk of a “quad-demic.” The term refers to the simultaneous spread of four major viruses: COVID-19,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the FDA to revoke authorization of the shots when they were in high demand and thousands of Americans were dying weekly.

Trump told TIME in April he would close the White House's pandemic preparedness office. It's losing most of its staff during the transition, according to Biden officials.

A 53-year-old man from Sacramento was sentenced to 15 years in custody and ordered to pay restitution of $369,025.44 for a series of catalytic converter thefts in Visalia, Amador, Sacramento, and Fresno counties.

People with immune system health problems continue to take precautions against COVID-19 five years into the pandemic.

Biden officials touted the steps they took to halt or prevent disease threats, but some public heath researchers offer a more mixed assessment of the administration’s efforts.

Another year has gone by since the 2020 pandemic and COVID-19 remains at large, so experts weigh in on what will change in 2025.

The first severe human case of bird flu was recently reported in the U.S. Here are some ways the U.S. may be repeating the same mistakes as from the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. But the report, on the experiences of 13 patients ...

Britain led the world in developing Covid-19 vaccines but former Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the NHS crisis means Britain scientific capacity is now worse

Blue light services will join senior ministers, and representatives from the nations and regions in the first test of pandemic preparedness in nearly a decade, Pat McFadden has announced.

For the first time, a person in the United States has died after being infected with the bird flu. The World Health Organization says the risk of infection for the general population remains low, but as VOA’s Dora Mekouar reports,